BHB/5/12
Sponsored by Amy Lopez, Brianna Castillo, Katelyn Bravo of Columbia Central High School
This legislation was filed in the Education category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section I: Terms in this act are defined as follows: |
| 4 | FLAP (Foreign Language Assistance Program)- Federally funded and targets foreign languages K- |
| 5 | 12. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Section II: All public elementary schools are required to teach a foreign language to students from |
| 8 | kindergarten through 4th or 5th grade.(Conforming to grades covered by individual elementary.) |
| 9 | Classes are required to be a minimum of 35 minutes for elementary schools K-5 |
| 10 | And a minimum of 40 minutes for elementary schools K-4 |
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| 12 | Section III: Foreign language credits in highschool shall no longer be required for class of 2028 |
| 13 | and forward. Bill shall apply to students starting kindergarten the year of implementation and |
| 14 | student in the years following. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Section IV: Foreign language teachers are to be recruited by FLAP. |
| 17 | Curriculum development is to be provided by FLAP. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Section V: Acknowledging Tennessee’s department of education’s budget for the scholastic year is |
| 20 | an estimated 5billion, we humbly request $138,000,000 annually for the teachers’ salary. |
| 21 | Acknowledging FLAP’s budget is $23,780,000; $200,000 are humbly requested to assist in the |
| 22 | development of the adjusted curriculum. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Section VI: This act shall take effect July 23, 2026 to allow for curriculum adjustments and teacher |
| 25 | recruitment, the public welfare requiring it. |
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